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Dr. Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi LL.M.

Partner
Hegymegi-Barakonyi & Fehérváry Baker & McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law

Biography

Dr. Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition and IPTech practices of the Budapest office. Benchmark publications consider him as one of the most recognized competition law practitioners in Hungary. Zoltán is the president of the Hungarian Competition Law Association and vice-president of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC). He is a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN), and a member of the Scientific Board of the Competition Law Research Institute at Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE). He regularly speaks on competition law related matters at Firm and third-party conferences and also lectures at postgraduate competition law courses at PPKE and ELTE Universities.

Practice Focus

Zoltán is highly experienced in competition law, IP law and pharmaceutical regulations, including litigation work in these areas. He represents companies in unfair competition, cartel, dominant position and merger control cases before the Hungarian Competition Office and the European Commission, as well as before Hungarian and EU courts. He regularly advises on antitrust compliance programs.

Zoltán also represents clients in trademark registration, as well as IP infringement matters. He works for major international and Hungarian companies in a number of sectors, including the banking, energy, telecommunications, automotive and pharmaceutical industries.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Hungarian Trademark Association
  • Hungarian Competition Law Association - President
  • International Competition League (LIDC) - Vice President

Admissions

  • Budapest~Hungary (1996)

Education

  • College of William and Mary (1994)
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1993)
  • Janus Pannonius University, Pécs, Hungary (1992)

Languages

  • English
  • Hungarian